Library News 2011
"JAIST Library News" is published on an irregular basis and provide you with information about Library services and materials.
| Dec. 26 |
Faculty and Staff Holidays from 12/29/2011 to 1/3/2012. One-day use and issue of the Library User's Card are not available during this period of time. |
| Dec. 06 | Halt of ILL service (Dec.28 - Jan.4) |
| Nov. 30 | Training session for "Web of Science" and "EndNote Web" (December 22) |
| Nov. 28 | The 12th Library Display The 12th exhibition is on display at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall. (The related books are after the security gate.) This time, the theme is "Life is Good...". Please stop by at the library. |
| Nov. 18 | Learning Commons is now open and a name wanted for it! |
| Nov. 9 | CiNii (Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) was renewed. For details, please refer to the following URL. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/info/en/index.html#20111109 |
| Oct. 21 |
The following services will be unavailable for statutory inspection of the electrical equipment at NII. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience. * CiNii: NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, KAKEN: Database of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JAIRO: Japanese Institutional Repositories Online, NII-DBR: Academic Research Database Repository, GeNii, NII-REO: E-Journal Archive Unavailable from 15:00 Saturday, November 5 to 9:00 Monday, November 7. * NACSIS Webcat Unavailable from 18:00 Saturdy, November 5 to 9:00 Monday, November 7. |
| Oct. 14 | We added a new rare book to our digital collection |
| Oct. 03 | New Database Trial (Accessible from JAIST intranet only) |
| Sep. 26 | New Database Trial (Accessible from JAIST intranet only) |
| Sep. 20 | New Database Trial (Accessible from JAIST intranet only) |
| Sep. 08 |
Please note that ScienceDirect will be temporarily unavailable from 20:30 Saturday, 10 September to 7:30 Sunday, 11 September due to scheduled maintenance. |
| Sep. 06 | New Database Trial (Accessible from JAIST intranet only) |
| Sep. 02 | We added a new rare book to our digital collection |
| Sep. 01 | The 11th Library Display The 11th exhibition is on display at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall. (The related books are after the security gate.) This time, the theme is "Break Time!!". Please stop by at the library. |
| Sep. 01 | The inventory has been completed. Thank you for your cooperation. |
| Aug. 29 | We added three new rare books to our digital collection |
| Aug. 10 | Binding of Academic Journals has finished. Thank you for your cooperation. |
| Aug. 02 | Restriction on Use of the Library for Inventory (Aug.18 - 31) |
| Jul. 20 | Faculty and Staff Holidays (Aug. 12, 15 and 16) One-day use and issue of the Library User's Card are not available during this period of time. |
| Jun. 24 | Training session for SciVerse ScienceDirect (July 19) |
| Jun. 21 | SciFinder Training Session (July 6) |
| Jun. 13 | SciFinder Scholar 2007 (Client Ver.) To Be Discontinued SciFinder Scholar 2007 client version, which required a software download and installation, will be out of service from December |
| Jun. 09 | Binding Academic Journals (Jun.9 - Aug.10) |
| Jun. 01 | The 10th Library Display The 10th exhibition is on display at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall. (The related books are after the security gate.) This time, the theme is "The Origin of JAIST: Passion and Devotion of the First President, Tominaga Keii". Please stop by at the library. |
| May 13 |
Wax application on the corridor of the library will be conducted as follows. We are sorry that the traffic may be restricted temporarily during this period, but thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Period: May 21-22, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Mar. 31 |
Please note that NIKKEI TELECOM 21 new website is available now and please login from this new login link.
* Contractually, you may not use the NIKKEI TELECOM 21 mobile website. |
| Mar. 17 |
Please note that there will be a scheduled blackout from 8:00 to 17:00 on Sunday, March 20 and also,
the following library services will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for
any inconvenience.
* Library Homepage Unavailable from 3:00 to 23:00 on Sunday, March 20. * JAIST OPAC, All of the "MyLibrary" services Unavailable from 3:00 Sunday, March 20 to 9:00 Tuesday, March 22. |
| Mar. 17 | ILL Service Delay |
| Mar. 8 |
Please note that ScienceDirect will be temporarily unavailable from 16:00 to 18:00 on Sunday, March 13 due to scheduled maintenance. |
| Mar. 4 |
Mar./07/2011 The access problem of American Physical Society e-journals has been fixed and the journals are available now. We will let you know when this problem is resolved. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience. |
| Feb. 23 | Library Services Temporarily Unavailable Due to the System Replacement(Feb. 25 - Feb. 28) |
| Feb. 22 |
Please note that ScienceDirect will be temporarily unavailable from 10:00PM, February 26th to 10:00AM, February 27th. due to scheduled maintenance. |
| Feb. 16 |
Please note that JAIST Repository will be temporarily unavailable from 9:00am on Monday, February 21 to 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 23 due to the replacement of the server. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience. |
| Feb. 02 | The 9th Library Display The 9th exhibition is on display at the Library Hall after the security gate. (Some of the displayed books are introduced at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall.) This time, the theme is "Book of the Year 2010". Please stop by at the library. |
Halt of ILL service
ILL service will halt for the period as follows.
Therefore, we cannot process your photocopy requests and book loan requests to other university libraries during this period.
If you would like to get photocopies or books through ILL service by the end of this year, please place the order by noon on December 14, 2011.
| Usual service: | by 5:15 p.m. December 27, 2011 |
| Halt of service: | December 28, 2011 to January 4, 2012 |
| Start of service: | January 5, 2012 |
Training session for "Web of Science" and "EndNote Web" (December 22)
We will hold the training session for the database, Web of Science,and the tool for processing references, EndNote Web, as follows.
Please come and join us.
| ■Web of Science■ The online interdisciplinary database of major academic journals' secondary bibliography and citation retrieval. |
| ■EndNote Web■ The tool to manage online resources that allows you to save and organize the records directly to your online library, collect and organize the cited references, and format the citation list in appropriate styles. |
| Date & Time | ： | Thursday, December 22, 2011 13:30-15:00 (90 minutes) |
| Location | ： | Computer room (School of Knowledge Science I : 3F) |
| Lecturer | ： | Toshifumi Yata (Thomson Reuters) |
| Contents | ： |
**Web of Science: examine the general view of the research subject with searching** 1. Keyword retrieval, difference from Google, how to search for active researchers and researches from Japan. 2. How much does the research subject attract attention? 3. Search the specific researcher's papers, and pursue the influence of the subsequent. 4. How to link freely to the future, the past, and the related references by using the citations. 5. Save retrieval styles. Set up alerts. **EndNote Web: save the result of retrieval electronically** 1. Take in the result of Web of Science, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect. 2. Marshal the taken-in record. 3. Share the record with others. 4. Paste the cited references on Word files. |
| Language | ： | Japanese only |
| Application Method | ： | Fill in the application form below and send it to " toshokan@jaist.ac.jp ". |
| Application Deadline | ： | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
-- Application form for Web of Sciene and EndNote Web Training Session -- Name： School： Student number： Grade： ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Learning Commons is now open and a name wanted for it!
We opened the Learning Commons at the 1st floor of the Institute Hall to provide the new creative place which fuses life, study and research, and also to connect all the people who belong to JAIST. The Commons is available to everyone from today. We hope you all will enjoy using it.
Opening hours and the use of terms are written in the page below, please read through it before you visit.
<<Learning Commons Introduction>>
We also are looking for a name for the Commons. The winner will be prized with Tosho-Card (can be used in most of the bookstores in Japan). Please apply as many as you like. For the details of application procedure, please refer to the page below.
<<Application Procedure for the Commons' Name>>
*Application is closed.
Thank you for your participations !!!
The Commons' name will be chosen from 79 entries.
Please wait for the annoucement at the end of December.
Restriction on Use of the Library for Inventory
The inventory will be conducted according to the following schedule. During the inventory, we will place ropes to indicate off-limit areas and restrict access to the shelves partly for a fixed time.If you would like to use a material in the off-limit areas, please ask the library staff.
And during the period of inventory, the library materials left on desks or tables will be returned to the shelves for smooth operation.
Thank you for your cooperation.
| Period : | Weekdays of Aug. 18(Thu) - 31(Wed), 2011 [10 days] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours : | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Range : | Areas with ropes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule : |
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*The dates mentioned in the schedule may vary depending on the progress.
Training session for SciVerse ScienceDirect
E-Journals are getting more and more popular, and we assume most of you are already taking advantage of them. But did you know
there are more of convenient features than just reading articles? We think these features are the key points for collecting the
research information effectively.
JAIST library is offering a training session for SciVerse ScienceDirect, which collects about 40 percent of e-journals JAIST is subscribing to. The expert trainer will give you a practical hands-on session.
Please join us and learn the technique one step further!
| Date & Time | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. *After the main session, we plan to have a time for introduction to useful functions and practice for 30 minutes. |
| Location | Computer room (School of Knowledge Science I : 3F) |
| Language | Japanese only |
| Application Method |
Fill in the application form below and send it to "toshokan@jaist.ac.jp" |
| Application deadline | Friday, July 1, 2011 |
| [Application form for ScienceDirect Training Session] Name: School: Student number: Grade: Themes or keyword: *If you have some themes or keywords of interest, please type them in. The trainer will give the demonstration with them during the training session. |
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SciFinder Training Session (July 6)
| We will hold the training session for the database, SciFinder as follows. Please come and join us. If you want to join, please fill in the following application form, and send us at toshokan@jaist.ac.jp by Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Please especially note that the session is in Japanese only. . |
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Binding Academic Journals
We are planning to bind academic journals published in 2009 and before as following schedule. Therefore for some period you can not browse or borrow those journals.
Thank you for your cooperation.
NOTE:
- Binding Materials:
those published in 2009 and combined one published in 2008 and 2009
>> Binding Journal List - Duration:
June 9, 2011 to August 10, 2011 - The binding of all materials is scheduled to be completed around July 20. We will relocate them in the stacks in order soon after the registration has been completed.
ILL Service Delay
Due to the planned outage by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service is currently suspended, and we cannot place the photocopy/bookloan request for outside.
The service will be operated in accordance with the planned outage schedule for now, and also given that the shipping service to Tokyo and up North is very limited, your request may be delayed significantly.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Library Services Temporarily Unavailable Due to the System Replacement
As a part of the system replacement process, some of the library services will be temporarily unavailable from this Friday.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Access to the E-Journals and other databases, however, are available as usual.
1) Dates:
February 25 (Fri.), 9:30 to February 28 (Mon.), 17:00
2) Services Unavailable:
- Automatic checkout machine (If you would like to borrow books for this period, please fill out the "Book Borrowing Record" placed beside the machine.)
- JAIST Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) search
- MyLibrary functions
-Stetus check
-Renewing, reserving of the books
-Request of the interlibrary photocopy and book loans
-Request of the materials in labs
-Request of the intercampus photocopy and book loans
-Request of the Digital Delivery Service (DDS)
-Book purchase request
If you have any questions, please contact Library Service Section at toshokan@jaist.ac.jp .